Birthday Blues

A cold winter day outside snow lightly falling. He would would walk outside wearing a thin jaket to keep him warms and a tea pot and cups. He would place them on the wooden pine table and would serve himself a cup of strawberry tea. Sitting down drinking from the cup he then would sigh sadly as he would say to himself " Another lonely day here". His reiatsu clearly giving his possition off not wanting to control it thinking he was alone.

The gently falling snow would get into his tea melting. He would then say "Snow why do you fall into your demise not wanting to go some where else why here.". "We are so different i want to stay alive and you just want to die why is that". He would look up as a flock of Red cardinals would fly over him and he would stare at them. His eyes would glow pink as he would control them steering them away form the comming storm.

Driving up in one of his company cars, Neo parked at the base of the mountain. Slowly, he got out and looked towards the mountain; not towards the top, but somewhere near the middle. "Hmm, it seems that some Arrancar has decided to show up around here" he said to himself, quickly pulling out a brand new black cellphone. "Yes, hold down the for for me, it might take me a bit to reach the office." with that, he shut the cellphone and put it back away. Without even appearing to move, he quickly used shunpo to reach the specific spot on the mountain.

Once there, he did not approach the arrancar at first, but made a few observations. The first was that the arrancar was alone, and had been there for a while due to the lack of any traces of a gargantua. Grinning to himself, Neo slowly approached the arrancar "Well now, this sure is an odd site, an arrancar all by himself sipping tea." With that, he quickly used shunpo to appear right behind the arrancar. "So, wanna tell me what you're doing out here?" he asked with a slight grin.

He would look at stranger. "And who might you be?" .. he continued sipping his tea with no fear. "You smell of both shinigami and hollow you must be one of those vizards i heard about". He would notice his cup of tea is empty and pours more tea for himself. "Well I guess even unwanted company is still company."

"As for your question this is my house and you are the first person to ever dare come here". He would then sigh sadly. "You can help yourself to some tea if you want i dont pose any threat to you or this world."

The sky would start to turn darker as the storm would get closer to his house. His eyes would glow pink and look at you. "The weather will change soon i dont think youll be getting to work in time today so your welcome to stay here for the next few days." He would continue to look at the Vizard seeming a little disappointed.

Letting out a slight laugh, Neo looked down at the pot of tea "Hmm, well now, it would be rude of me not to oblige your offer." With that, he took a cup and poured himself some tea. Being a vizard, he really had nothing to fear from most any poisons the tea would be laced with. Besides, the arrancar was drinking the same tea. Walking over to an unoccupied seat, Neo sat down and took a sip of the tea. As he took another sip, he felt that it was getting too quiet.

Looking up at the arrancar, he set his tea down "So, answer me a few questions" he started, examining the arrancar. "First off, what is your name?" he asked, looking past the arrancar and at the clouds. Bringing his gaze back down, he took another sip of tea. "Second off, what are you doing out here in the world of the living alone?"

"I hope you enjoy the tea i make it myself from strawberries found at the top of the mountain" he said with a slight smile. "To awnser your first question my name is Viz". "To awnser your second im here because i dont want to be near Hueco Mundo ever again" he said so knowing he was hiding the whole story fromthe stranger. The wind would pick up bringing more snow and a strange reiatsu along with it.

We should head inside before the storm hits." "because of my strong Spiritual pressure it tends to make wierd hollows appear every time there is a storm here but my house is protected from anything that might try to hurt me." He would stand up with his cup of tea in one hand and the tea pot in the other and begins to walk into the house. "Like i said your more then welcome to stay the week here thats about how long the storms last the odd hollows tend to produce reiatsu the seems lo block any spirit abilities here so were going tobe stuck here for the next week". He would go into the house saying in a whisper "at least my special day wont be spent alone again...." He would then go into the kitchen of the very richly decorated house that would state that he was loaded with money.

Laughing a bit, Neo picked up his cup of tea and followed the arrancar. Sure, Neo was strong enough to fight off the hollows, and as one of the richest persons in the world, he could easily call in any means of transportation he wished or needed. However, Neo felt that he would at least accept the arrancars offer. As he entered, he wasn't really surprised, once again, he was much richer. As he set the cup of tea down, he followed the arrancar over into the kitchen. "Well, I must admit, that tea was quite refreshing" he complimented.

As he wandered around the house, Neo kept in mind to watch out for any traps. It wasn't so much that he was dealing with an arrancar, he was just tired of being stabbed in the back. In his head, he was going over how this arrancar was different. Something about him just made Neo uncomfortable, but then again, any arrancar not affiliated with Hueco Mundo was rare. "Mind telling me why you are no longer with the rest of the arrancar?" he asked, knowing that the arrancar would be able to hear him.

"Im glad you liked the tea and you really shouldnt be worried about anything in this house"
He would start washing the dishes and started tlaking again. "I went away from hueco mundo because i hated everyone there. Though i miss it sometimes" He would finish washing the dishes and start looking in the refrigerator for some ingredients.

He would take out strawberies, Red bean paste and mochi. He then your cover the strawberies in the red bean paste and then in mochi making Strawberry Daifuku. "I hope you dont mind eating this is all i could make." "This house may look like im rich but i really cant use my money i cant even buy food these days" "What makes it even worse is that this week is really important to me and no one will ever come here but you really wouldnt care about that your just a buisness man that only cares about himself am i right". He would take the Strawberry Daifuku and sit in a couch puting the plate on a coffe table.

Laughing, Neo walked over to the table and took one of what Viz had made. "I may be a business man, but do not let that fool you, I still have my soul" he said with a laugh. With that, he sat down and took a bit of the Strawberry Daifuku "Wow, for an arrancar, you sure do know how to make a good meal." To Neo, this arrancar was very interesting. He had seen many arrancar, but none oh whom had such a developed personality. He was used to the battle ready and arrogant arrancar that were so common.

Finishing the piece he had, Neo looked back over at the arrancar. "Well then, since you seem to be quite a different kind of arrancar, would you mind telling me more about yourself?" he asked. As he was going to be here for a bit, he decided to pass the time with something. Besides, it would be interesting to find out what made this arrancar so different.

"Really youd want to leanr about me thats a new one" he said blushing slightly. "no one ever wanted to know about me. I was born 215 years ago and was betrayed by th love of my life an old japanese emperor." "after that i wondered around this world trying to get the love that he used to have but then i turned into a hollow and whent to hueco mundo. There i ate and ate hollows until i became an arrancar and Aizen decided to make me his experiment to make a better Hollow/Shinigami hybrid. The fact that he failed creating a mindless killing machine spawned me. i didnt have the personality he needed so he threw me out like garbage."

The winds outside would pick up as a strange spiritual Enegey would overflow outside but would not penetrate into the house. "yesterday was my birthday and as usual no one ever comes here." Your the first person that has come to my house in over 50 years im sorry i couldnt give you any real food all i can afford to buy is baking goods so im quite skilled at it so i made a small internet buisness where i can at least make myself usefull to human since i never got to fufill my dreams during my life." He would get up and walk to the kitchen taking out a frosted chocolate cake from the oven. "I belive this is your order mister neo you have quite an extensive list of goods from my buisness being sent to you this week"

When Viz mentioned Aizen, Neo looked up "Ah yes, Aizen, I must say, he sure is one to cause trouble. It was because of him that I became a vizard" he said, thinking back on the occasion. Back when he was living in the Seireitei, Neo had approached Aizen, however, he had met the same fate as the other shinigami who met him that night. Looking back up, he laughed a bit "Well now, seems like you've had it quite rough, but at least you weren't stabbed in the back twice" he said with a laugh.

"As for visitors, I'd say it's because you make it so hard to find yourself, but then again, an arrancar like you really has a need to hide" he said. When Viz went away and got the cake, Neo laughed a bit "Well now, when you meet with the people I do, you must have something to impress, other than money" he said coyly. Grinning, He stood up and took the cake, setting it next to where he was sitting. "Oh, and please don't confuse me as the love you've been looking for, I wouldn't want to disappoint you" he said with a laugh.

" OH Heavens no! I hope i didnt send you the wrong messegei would never imply that i would love you especialy since i only met you a few hours ago." He would have said giggleing alittle. "And that cake is sent to you a very sweet girl she said she looks up to working with you someday and wanted to send that as a gift to you for even considering her for working at any of your buisnesses."

He then would look down sadly. "Its to bad i havent gotten a birthday cake in over 200 years and i never bake myself one becauz its just to sad." He then would start crying. Tears would fall down from his face and as they hit the marble counter top they would turn into different gemstones. Rubies, pearls, diamonds saphires all of his tears turning into expensive stons and then you realized where he had gotten all of his money from.

Laughing a bit Neo stood up and took his sports coat off "Fine then, I get the message, I'll whip you up a cake" he said jokingly. He was going to make him a cake, but he was joking about Viz trying to tell him to make him a cake. Grinning, he made his way to the kitchen, looking around first to see what was on hand. "Oh, and as for that girl, she shouldn't be thanking me, it was because of her own effort she got the job" he said, showing that he did have a nice side "Plus, she shouldn't aspire to be like me, I've been through many trials to be where i am today."

With that, Neo let his attention go back to the kitchen. Although one might not think he could, Neo was actually quite the capable chef. "Now then, if you can tell me where the ingredients are, I'll get started" he said, pulling out the necessary pots, pans, and other such things to make a cake. Laughing a bit, he turned back towards where he just was with Viz "You should consider yourself lucky that I'm the one who found you, as a businessman, I can't hold any grudges against any orientation; it's just bad business."

"Well um this is very un expectedbut um you dont really have to do this its fine." He would take eggs, butter flour strawberries sugar and creak out of the fridge. "My favourite cake is very complicated i dont think you will be able to do it." He would put the tear jewels and place them in a bowl.

"Its called Strawberry Jewel cake". "There is only one ingredient missing. Freshly deposited hollow snow you can probably find that outside right nice but i dont think your brave enought to go out there and get it". He then gave Neo a recepie to follow and in one of the steps he would need to ground the jewels into a dust like powder. "You are very strong but i dont think you can grind these jewels with your bear flimsy human hands" he would say smirking a little.

Laughing a bit Neo looked over at Viz "Come now, save the judgment for when I'm done." After that, Neo began to follow the recipe until Viz stopped him. Laughing a bit, Neo quickly but his sports coat back "Well now, not brave enough? you must not know me" he said. With that, he materialized his zanpaktou and stepped outside the door. For a second, everything was quiet, until the first hollow noticed Neo. Grinning, Neo easily killed it and the other hollows that were foolish enough to attack him.

Returning with the snow, Neo still had a grin on his face. "Well now, what was that about being afraid?" he asked, putting the snow up on the counter with the other ingredients. With that he went back to making the cake. Although Neo usually came off as uncaring, this was not entirely true. Sure, he may have had to be ruthless to rise to where he was now, but as long as you weren't one of his enemies, you had nothing to fear from him.

"Its true your very brave but i dont think your brave enough" He would stand infront of Neo looking directly into his eyes. "How about we make a little buisness wager right here and right now" He would take out a black brief case and set if on the counter. "I know you will gladly accept this offer since i am a man if buisness myself"

"If you make this cake Perfetcly an you get my approval i will work under you and i will do anything you say." "On the other hand if you dont get it perfectly you will have to give up 49% of your buisness over to me.' He would then place a contract on the brief case with a pen. "Now do we have a deal mr neo?"

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